capitation tax

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At Nalabu there is a capitation tax of a dollar a year; and at various places on the inland roads there are tolls collected upon provisions and goods which pass to the capital.

From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by Marsden, William

He told me in 1904 that he held under his control 9,600 persons, from 1,700 of whom he collected capitation tax for the American authorities.

From The Philippine Islands by Foreman, John

There was no poor rate, no capitation tax, no tithes, or ecclesiastical rates of any kind.

From The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 by Ryerson, Egerton

Women were liable to a capitation tax, if this enrolment also involved taxation.

From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by Talmage, James Edward

The same edict proclaimed likewise the abolition of the jizy�, a capitation tax imposed by the Afgh�n rulers of India upon those subjects who did not follow the faith of Muhammad.

From Rulers of India: Akbar by Malleson, George Bruce